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GHSA-J5PV-734R-XV95

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-02 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-02 06:30

Details

The Simply Schedule Appointments WordPress plugin before 1.6.12.6 does not correctly restrict a bulk appointment operation to the requester's own records, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve the personal data of all appointments across the site and, on premium editions, to permanently delete them.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-16540"
  ],
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    "severity": null
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-j5pv-734r-xv95",
  "modified": "2026-08-02T06:30:23Z",
  "published": "2026-08-02T06:30:23Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16540"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c3829294-c388-4151-9e25-a3eac7b1f1c6"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

CVE-2026-16540 (GCVE-0-2026-16540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-02 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-02 06:00

Title

Simply Schedule Appointments < 1.6.12.6 - Unauthenticated Appointment Data Disclosure and Mass Deletion via purge Endpoint

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c3829294-c388-41…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Simply Schedule Appointments	Affected: 0 , < 1.6.12.6 (semver)

Credits

Suleyman Huseynov WPScan

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              "versionType": "semver"
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      ],
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          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Suleyman Huseynov"
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          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c3829294-c388-4151-9e25-a3eac7b1f1c6/"
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      "title": "Simply Schedule Appointments \u003c 1.6.12.6 - Unauthenticated Appointment Data Disclosure and Mass Deletion via purge Endpoint",
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    "datePublished": "2026-08-02T06:00:13.123Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-07-22T09:38:49.604Z",
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Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-J5PV-734R-XV95

CVE-2026-16540 (GCVE-0-2026-16540)

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